Predictors of Outcome in Clinically Diagnosed Viral Encephalitis Patients: A 5-Year Prospective Study

Table 3

Factors associated with a poor outcome in patients diagnosed with viral encephalitis^a.

Variables	OR	95% CI
Age	1.035	0.994-1.077	0.094
NICU admission	0.055	0.002-1.563	0.089
Total length of stay in NICU	1.140	0.724-1.795	0.572
Total length of hospital stay	1.119	1.002-1.250	0.045
GCS	0.154	0.078-0.302	<0.001
Coma	0.016	0.000-2.497	0.108
Mental and behavior disorder	0.741	0.121-4.557	0.747
Focal neurological deficits	9.403	1.581-55.928	0.014
Status epilepticus	1.079	0.011-105.734	0.974
Seizures	0.885	0.084-9.353	0.919
Headache	0.983	0.199-4.850	0.984
Mechanical ventilation	0.193	0.001-25.629	0.510
Infection complications	1.048	0.209-5.256	0.955
Radiological findings	1.525	0.499-4.660	0.459
CSF glucose	0.730	0.367-1.450	0.369

OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; NICU: neurological intensive care unit; GCS: Glasgow Coma Scale. ^aHosmer-Lemeshow statistics (chi-, ).